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Besides, The Pianist’s Academy trifecta was the biggest dark-horse Oscar upset in our lifetimes; what was the last year that a film won in at least three of the top eight categories when it wasn’t the odds-on favorite in any of them? The only year in the last twenty that I could make a case for was 1992, when The Silence of the Lambs swept the Oscars in a year when most were predicting victories for Bugsy, JFK, or The Prince of Tides. We shouldn’t expect numerous Oscar shockers...
...together a signifcant run down the stretch to cut into the Penn lead. A three by Princeton guard Will Venable with 9:06 remaining pulled the Tigers to within 14, 55-41. But the Quakers slammed the door with an 8-0 run, capped off by a trifecta from guard Jeff Schiffner—three of his game-high 22 points on the night...
Penn was on fire from the opening tip, scoring 31 points in the first 10 minutes of the contest as it grabbed an early 13-point lead. Harvard stuck with the Quakers through the first five minutes, trailing just 15-13 after a trifecta from junior captain Jason Norman...
Rogus followed with another trifecta and then Beal scored nine of the Crimson’s next 14 points...
...forward, but couldn’t push its lead into double digits. With just under 7:30 remaining in the game, Toppert capitalized on a Goffredo turnover, pushed the ball up the floor and nailed a long three from the left wing, increasing the Cornell lead to 11. The trifecta ended whatever hopes Harvard had of sustaining the Big Red charge and staying in the contest...